Odonata

Translingual edit

Megalagrion leptodemas (crimson Hawaiian damselfly)

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”); apparently because they have teeth on their mandibles, although most insects have toothed mandibles, +‎ -ata.

Proper noun edit

Odonata

A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – dragonflies and damselflies.

Hypernyms edit

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Palaeoptera - infraclass

Hyponyms edit

(order): Epiprocta (dragonflies and infraorder Epiophlebioptera), Zygoptera (damselflies) (suborders)
- Archizygoptera (clade)
- Permagrionoidea (extinct superfamily, incertae sedis)
  - Aeshnidae, Amphipterygidae, Austropetaliidae, Calopterygidae, Chlorocyphidae, Chlorogomphidae, Coenagrionidae, Cordulegastridae, Corduliidae, Dicteriadidae, Epiophlebiidae, Euphaeidae, Gomphidae, Hemiphlebiidae, Isostictidae, Lestidae, Lestoideidae, Libellulidae, Macromiidae, Megapodagrionidae, Neopetaliidae, Perilestidae, Petaluridae, Philogangidae, Platycnemididae, Platystictidae, Polythoridae, Pseudolestidae, Synlestidae, Synthemistidae - families

References edit

Odonata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Odonata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Odonata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Odonata at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Odonata at Encyclopedia of Life
Odonata at Paleobiology Database
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248